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    want to act. The rational choice theory says that criminal behavior is caused by internal and external factors outside of the individual’s control. Cesare Lombroso suggests that the physiological traits such as the measurements of someone cheek bones‚ or their hairline. The positivism theory says its factors like poverty‚ subcultures or lower levels of education can predispose people to crime. All of those are proven factors of crime through key sociological theories. The rational choice theory is

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    income statement for last month: Sales         $1‚000‚000 Less: Variable Expenses         $    700‚000 Contribution Margin         $    300‚000 Less: Fixed Expenses         $    180‚000 Operating Income         $    120‚000 The company has no beginning or ending inventories. A total of 20‚000 units were produced and sold last month. What is the company’s margin of safety in dollars? $400 000 10 points   Question 2 1.   The following is Addison Corporation’s contribution

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    RATIONAL NUMBER CLASS IN JAVA AIM To write a program to find the rational form of rational number. ALGORITHM 1. Start the program. 2. Declare the class name as rational and assign num‚ den as two parameters. 3. Declare constructor as rational and numerator and denominator as parameter. 4. Then write to string () method to print the rational class object as a string. 5. To get the GCD value using static method use GCD (int m‚ int n) method. 6. Get the num and den from the

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    In the essay “In praise of margins‚” Ian Frazier explains the importance of having marginal activities. He describes these activities as something you do with no purpose‚ where you are free to let your mind run wild. Sometimes marginality is tangible in the sense you can actually create something while doing a marginal activity. Frazier’s marginal place as a child was eh woods. There he and his friends would pretend to be explores and try out odd ideas. Odd ideas that later they would come to realize

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    2. The contribution margin per chair for the Colonial model is: A) $51. B) $16. C) $35. D) $25. The answer is b. CM = P-V = $60 - $35 - $9 = $16. Page 1 3. If the sales mix and sales units are as expected‚ the break-even in sales dollars is closest to: A) $132‚000. B) $148‚500. C) $143‚000. D) $139‚764. Price: Variable Costs: Contribution Margin: Contribution Margin Ratio: The answer is c. Colonial to Early American Sales Mix: 3:1 Weighted Average Contribution Margin Ratio: .75(.2667) +.25(

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    Public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities (1)An authority to which this section applies must‚ when making decisions of a strategic nature about how to exercise its functions‚ have due regard to the desirability of exercising them in a way that is designed to reduce the inequalities of outcome which result from socio-economic disadvantage. (2)In deciding how to fulfil a duty to which it is subject under subsection (1)‚ an authority must take into account any guidance issued by a

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    Comparing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Becoming a Helper‚ they both discuss the theory of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. They discuss the most important details of the theoretical approach. Rational emotive behavior therapy rests on the premise that thinking‚ evaluating‚ analyzing‚ questioning‚ doing‚ practicing and redefining the basics of behavior change (Corey‚ Corey‚ 2011‚ p. 170). This theory assumes that individuals are born with the potential for rational thinking but that they

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    Choice theory was born out of the perspective of crime causation which states that criminality is the result of conscious choice. This theory is also known as the rational choice theory. According to this theory‚ the choice whether or not to commit a criminal act is the result of a rational thought process that weighs the risks of paying the costs of committing a crime‚ against the benefits obtained. In other words‚ if the benefits--monetary or otherwise--outweigh the risks of sustaining the costs

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    used? Will trends in these ratios always move in the same direction? All the three bases are used to find the return earned with respective to sales as well as investment made. When the profit is compared with sales‚ it is called as the net profit margin. When the profit is compared with assets‚ it is called as return earned on total investment and when profit is compared with stockholders’ equity‚ it is called as return on equity. All these are profitability ratios and help to analyze the profitability

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    Edward Goldschmidt Comp. 1112 Prof. Flocco 2/12/2013 Blood Doping: Is it Rational and Ethical? You’re in the big race and your rival who you’ve been neck and neck with all year long somehow beats you by way more than usual. You ran one of the best races of your life and he somehow beat you and you don’t know how. Winning that race would have gotten a lot of opportunities from big colleges and instead of looking at you they’re looking instead‚ at your rival. How would you feel if you

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